On Living and Dying: Advice From a Doctor Who Deals With Terminally Ill Patients

On Living and Dying: Advice From a Doctor Who Deals With Terminally Ill Patients
Being proactive about end-of-life discussions can make the difference between emotional upheaval and peace between loved ones when a health crisis arrives. Syda Productions/Shutterstock
Pamela Prince Pyle
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The COVID-19 pandemic may finally be slowing, but it has shone a stark light on one human problem that we’ll never escape. One day, books analyzing the pandemic will fill whole rows in libraries, but no analysis can dim the glaring human condition that we must face—the fact that we’re all going to die.

A patient dying from ALS said it best, “No one makes it out alive.”

Pamela Prince Pyle
Pamela Prince Pyle
Author
Dr. Pamela Prince Pyle is a board-certified internal medicine physician. In 2009, Dr. Pyle began traveling to Rwanda for medical work with Africa New Life Ministries and was instrumental in the founding and growth of the Dream Medical Center in Kigali. She is the author of A Good Death: Learning to Live Like You Were Dying, coming in 2022. To learn more visit her website www.pamelaprincepyle.com and subscribe for more inspiring posts from a Doctor on Mission.
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